Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929
1929 c.25
An Act to transfer to county councils and to the town councils of certain burghs in Scotland functions of existing local authorities relating to poor relief, lunacy and mental deficiency, education, public health, and other matters; to amend the law relating to local government in Scotland; to extend the application of the Rating and Valuation (Apportionment) Act, 1928, to lands and heritages in which no persons are employed, to net and cruive salmon fishings and to minerals let but unworked; to grant relief from rates in the case of the lands and heritages in Scotland to which that Act applies; to discontinue grants from the Exchequer for certain purposes in Scotland and to provide other grants in lieu thereof; and for purposes consequential on the matters aforesaid.
[10th May 1929]
Part I Local Government Administration
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1—3. 

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4 

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5, 6. 

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7—9. 

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10, 11. 

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12 

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13—17. 

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18 

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20 

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21—23. 

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24 

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25 

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26 

 Miscellaneous
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27, 28. 

†Power of councils to expend money on public health propaganda. 
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It shall be lawful for any regional, islands or district council to incur expenditure in making contributions to the central council or committee of an organisation approved by the Department of Health which provides services of the nature of publicity or educational propaganda for any purpose relating to public health, or in the provision by themselves of such services.
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35—40. 

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41 

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42, 43. 

Part II Rating of Agricultural, Industrial and Freight Transport Lands and Heritages
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44 

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45 

 Amendment of 18 & 19 Geo. 5. c. 44.
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47, 48. 

 Provisions to valuation roll.
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(1) Subsection (1) of section fourteen of the Act of 1926 (which section contains provisions as to the valuation roll), shall have effect as if after the words “ said Acts show” there were inserted the words “ the net annual value and also,” and as if the words “ and the amount of any deduction from the gross annual value for the purpose of ascertaining the rateable value” were omitted.
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(3), (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
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50—51. 

Part III Exchequer Grants and Other Financial Provisions
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52 

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53—63. 

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65—71. 

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72 

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74, 75. 

Part IV General
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76 

 Interpretation.
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(4) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Act to any statutory provision shall be construed as a reference to the statutory provision as amended or extended or applied by any subsequent Act, including this Act.
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†Citation and commencement.
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(1) This Act may be cited as the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1929.
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FIRST, SECOND SCHEDULES

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NINTH SCHEDULE

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